Hummingbirds -- easily one of my favorite kind of birds. Right up there with penguins, puffins, flamingos, toucans and owls. And while albino specimens (in this case, a ruby-throated hummer) aren't unheard of, it's rare to see such high quality photos of one taken in the wild (and by a 15-year old!). Speaking of in the wild -- has anybody else ever let the grass in their backyard grow really tall and then crawled around in it naked pretending you're an African tribesman hunting lions? No? Yeah me neither, that would be weird. Borrow your lawnmower?

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Thank you so much for the lovely albino hummingbird photos. Hummers and penguins are among my favorite birds also and having the opportunity to see photos of this little beauty really perked up my day. What a delightful photo spread. Careful about grass cuts.